Features

Design Features of the Gamma3 System

Gamma3 Locking Nails come in 3
neck-shaft angles: 120, 125 and 130.
Gamma3 End Cap

The Trochanteric Nail 180 is called:

Gamma3 Nail 180
Gamma3 Set Screw
All nails* use the same Lag Screws, Set
Screw, distal Locking Screws and End
Caps (see Fig. 3).

Gamma3 Nail 180

Technical Specifications:
The anatomical shape of the nail is
universal for all indications involving Material:
the treatment of trochanteric frac- Titanium alloy with anodized type
tures. The nail is cannulated for II surface treatment or Orthinox
120
Gamma3 Lag Screw 125
Guide-Wire-controlled insertion and High Strength Stainless Steel 130
features a conical tip for optimal Nail length:
alignment with inner part of the 180mm
cortical bone. Nail diameter:
proximal 15.5mm, distal: 11.0mm
A range of three different neck-shaft Proximal Nail angle range:
angles are available for Lag Screw 120, 125, 130 Gamma3 Nail 180
entry to accommodate variations in M-L bend for valgus curvature:
femoral neck anatomy. 4 degrees
End Caps in lengths of
A single distal Locking Screw is 0mm, +5mm and +10mm
provided to stabilize the nail in the Distal oblong hole for
medullary canal and to help prevent 5mm screws; up to 5mm
rotation in complex fractures. The dynamization is possible
oblong hole allows for static or
dynamic locking. Distal Locking Screw

Fig. 3

Distal Locking Options

Locking in the distal part of the

oblong hole creates a dynamic
locking mechanism (see Fig. 1).
Locking in the proximal part of the
oblong hole creates a static locking
mechanism (see Fig. 2).

Dynamic Locking Static Locking

Fig. 1 Fig. 2

* Each nail is supplied sterile packaged together with a Set Screw in one box.